The Pearl of Queen Nyhtandra - Part 1

<p><strong>They sent him to negotiate. They paid everyone to kill him. And no one told him why.</strong></p><p>Rex Dodgers is a Ghost Federation black-ops agent with a simple mission: deliver a cipher pen to a pirate captain on hostile Spaceport Royal then get out.</p><p>But the moment he steps into the Los Misley Saloon everything goes wrong.</p><p>His extraction pilot is dead-a traitor who sold him out. Bounty hunters swarm the streets. His exoskeleton fails mid-escape. And someone very powerful wants him tested to the breaking point... or erased entirely.</p><p>Hunted through spider-infested catacombs and a surveillance state where cameras track every breath Rex must infiltrate the pyramid of Queen Nyhtandra-an eldritch entity who devours minds and preserves them in jars.</p><p>His only ally? A mysterious girl named Cayleen who saves his life... then vanishes.</p><p>His only chance? Destroy the Queen's Pearl before midnight-or become it.</p><p><strong>In a galaxy where loyalty is currency and betrayal is strategy the most dangerous mission isn't the one you accept. It's the one you were never told you were on.</strong></p><p><em>For fans of The Expanse Altered Carbon and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in space.</em></p>